CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-1211

7.3 HIGH Published 2019-08-14 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-08-14
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.7 LOW — AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Git for Visual Studio when it improperly parses configuration files. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code in the context of another local user. To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker would need to modify Git configuration files on a system prior to a full installation of the application. The attacker would then need to convince another user on the system to execute specific Git commands. The update addresses the issue by changing the permissions required to edit configuration files.

Affected configurations

• microsoft visual studio 2017 • microsoft visual studio 2017 15.9 • microsoft visual studio 2019 16.0 • microsoft visual studio 2019 16.2

References